permission
nounEtymology
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).
- derived from permissiō
- derived from permission
- inherited from permision
Definitions
authorisation
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
- Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
The act of permitting.
Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and…
Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
- I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
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To grant or obtain authorization for.
- Photographs also must be permissioned and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online.
The neighborhood
- synonymallowance
- synonymauthority
- synonymauthorization
- synonymclearance
- synonymconsent
- synonymleave
- synonymlicense
- synonymmandate
- synonympermission
- synonympermit
- synonymwarrant
- antonymprohibition
- antonymsanction
- neighborpermit
- neighborcarte blanche
- neighborconcession
- neighborjurisdiction
- neighborprivilege
- neighborapproval
- neighborassent
- neighboradmission
- neighboradmittance
- neighborpass
- neighborsufferance
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at permission. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at permission. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at permission
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA